The investor’s chief problem – and even his worst enemy – is likely to be himself. – Benjamin Graham It is that time of the year that we publicly regret on our mistakes and shamefully flex our muscles on our lucks! Last year, there aren’t very many thinks we can proud ourselves, but there are […]
Year 2021 was great for stock investors. The S&P 500 was up 27% and our portfolio was up 31.5%. Nevertheless, we are still lagging the S&P 500 in the long-term. See below. It is a bitter truth of our overconfidence and lack of proper investing knowledge during our initial years. $100 invested in S&P 500 […]
Our holding was up 41.3% verses S&P 500, which was up 18.4% in the Calendar year 2020. Albeit, there is no reason to celebrate because we are still trailing market in the long term. See below for the detail. We do not want you to come to an early conclusion by this yearly, short-term performance. […]
Our favorite holding period is forever. – Warren Buffett – Our average holding period has come down to a Year and eight months because of our recent purchases. Prior to that, our average holding period is four years. Four years seems like a long time, but in investing it is a short time. Here is […]
There’s no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to buy more of it when the fundamentals are deteriorating. -Peter Lynch- This is a story of a Trader that turned into Investor (or that is what we prefer to be […]
A portfolio is a combination of wealth into two or more assets. The basic idea behind forming the portfolio is to reduce investment risk. A single stock might be very risky when held in isolation but not as much riske when held in combination with other assets in the portfolio. This is because the risk […]